Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 08:41:34 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: grog@lemis.com Cc: kpneal@pobox.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not DNS (was: nfs startup - perhaps it is a problem) Message-ID: <23930.874305694@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:47:04 %2B0930" References: <19970915154704.16731@lemis.com>
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> > - Convenience for temporary updates. Sometimes I want to add a name > > quickly, use it a little bit, and then remove it again. And there is > > no reason why these names should be available on the Internet. It's > > quicker to edit /etc/hosts than to edit two zone files and rehup > > named. > > Why two zone files? Do you want reverse lookup for the temps as well? > But I really don't see much difference in the time. I regularly do > this with DNS. Yes, two zone files to get the reverse lookup also. > > - Assigning names to hosts in other parts of the Internet which are > > not in DNS. These names will of course only be available locally, but > > that's all I need. > > That works with DNS as well. I have a nickname for hub.FreeBSD.org on > the local system. But it doesn't work for reverse lookups. > > - Likewise, it is sometimes convenient to *override* the names of > > hosts which are already in the DNS but not under my control. > > Hmmm. Can you explain what you mean here? Do you mean that you want > to remove all trace of the name? You can't do that and run any kind > of DNS, including remote nameds via resolv.conf. I mean that sometimes I find it convenient to assign a different name to a host already in the DNS (and not under my control). This could be because the information in the DNS is *incorrect*, or for several other reasons. If I use /etc/hosts override, I can control this - both in the forward and the reverse direction. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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